Shipping box



Juny 22 1924.

Filed April 13, 1923 Syvum/Mofa any ,52am/2,

board boxes to contain the goods.

to hold the boxes Ain closed position. It,

Patented July 22, 1924,

HAR-RY L. SHULMAN, 0F NEW' YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO LEVY SH'LMAN & COMPANY, INC., OF ."NllilVt7 YORK, N. Y., A COROBATON OF NEW YORK.

SHIPPING BOX.

appncanon` ined april 1s, 192s. serial ne. 631,847.

Boxes, of which the following is a specifica#` tion.

Inthe shipment or transportation of certain classes of merchandise, particularly .clothing or wearing apparel, it is the common practice to' use paper, card or fiber These boxes are often shipped expressed or shipped without being sealed; a cord or string being sometimes passed around the boxes and tied frequently happens that the lids of these boxes are raised while in transit and the hands of unauthorized persons inserted and the contents removed; the lids then being closed and the boxes to all outward 'appearances being intact and in full possession of their contents.

It is the primary object of the present invention to provide means whereby the now commonly used shipping boxes of this character may be made more difficult of access to the interiors thereof, whereby to reduce to a great extent the obnoxious practice mentioned, and to render it practically impossible to handle or remove the contents of the boxes without leaving outward signs or indications of such acts.

The invention aims further to provide means of an extremely simple nature for the accomplishment of these ends, and whereby the shipping packages constructed in accordance with the invention are rendered less liable to crushing or breaking as a result of rough handling in shipment.

A still further object of the invention is to provide means whereby the contents of the box may be easily and quickly sealed against unauthorized inspection or handling, and which acts to prevent dirt or dust gaining access to the contents of the box.

With these objects in view, together with others which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all as will be described more fully hereinafter, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed. Gut in the claim.P

In the drawings:l Fig. lis a perspective view of a conventional type of shipping box yfor clothing, equipped in accordance with my invention, and showing the outward appearance of the same when packed and ready for shipment, Fig. 2 is a similar view with the lid of the box removed. i

Fig. `3 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken through the box as shown in Fig. l, and

Fig. 4C is a transverse'sectional view taken throughthe improved shipping box.

The box shown in the present illustration as constructed in accordance with the invention is one of familiarl construction; being of rectangular shape and comparatively shallow, providing a bottom 5, end walls 6, side walls 7, and a removable top or cover 8. The cover may be either hingedly connected at one edge to the tray portion of the box, or may be entirely removable there- L from, as shown lin the present illustration. However, the particular form of box or cover arrangement forms no part of the present invention.

It is proposed, in connection with boxes of this general character, to provide flaps, wings or cover plates to overlie the contents of the tray portion of the box, and these wings or fiaps wholly protect the box contents and are to be securely sealed over the same. The material of which these wings or flaps are made may be the same as used in the construction of the box itself.

The wings, in the present instance, are of relatively heavy card or liber board, and one wing is attached to each side wall of the box tray; being of equal length with the box. Each wing has at one edge thereof an attaching means in the form of a supplemental or reinforcing wall 9, equal in length and depth with the side walls of the box tray. These supplemental wall portions are secured to the inner faces of the sides 7 of the tray by the securing staples or clips 10 and the wing portions or members 1l connect with these supplemental walls in the plane of the upper edges of the box tray sides and ends. The wing members are adapted in use to lie flush with the upper edges of the box tray parallel with the bottom 5 of the box and hingedly connect with their respective walls. Each wing, as before stated, is

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,of substantially the same length as the box i tray, and each is of aV breadth 'slightly greater than "one half the breadth of Ythe tray, whereby the Wings Will cover the contents of the tray in overlapping relation.

`The ends of the box tray andthe'uppermost of the Wing members are'provided with sealing flaps in the form of adhesive strips 12. The strips on the ends of the tray have their free edges extending slightly above the tray edge, so that they may be turned down upon the next adjacent portions of the horizontally disposed flaps or Wings 1l, While the adhesivefstrip carried byfthe up permost Wing 'll projects beyond the free edge thereof to overlie and adhere tothe op-r -posing Wing "1 1.' The l'sealing strips12 on 4the tray ends maybe of equallengthwvith the breadth of the box, so as toentirely close the `seam-betvveen the Wing edges -and the edges o i',v theubox, vor they' may be of less length, as desired. y i lj' From this construction, itis apparent that when the box is 'filled and the Wings folded inwardly into parallelism with ythe box bottom' and sealed With the lstrips l2, as described, the contents Will be securely Vheld in the tray and closed to inspection. ,This seal ing arrangement also prevents vdustror dirt gaining access to the interior of the box tray. When numbers of these iilled boxes are piled upon each other, the supplemental Wall pore tions 9 Will assume their proportionate share of the Weight of the overlying boxes and thus prevent crushing of the box sides.

readily Without removing or upsetting the overlying boxes of the pile; thus making the aetusotedious and cumbersome as to discourage theft.

The Wing members and their attached supplemental sides 'are constructed 'yvith a view to their ready application to boxes now I claim: i i l a device of the class described,a box .tray haring ,the usual iirstendiile' Side and .end Wallsa pair f. Surrlmlitalierer memb`ers, a Wall portion hingedly lcarried.by

'each member, the [said y vvall portions f k,being ofhequalbreadth and lengtllpwtl theside Walls of the tray,"means lfor `vsecuring.the said Wall portions to the saidsidefvvalls of the tray, the said cover members adapted to overlap each other when lowered and to cover the tray, adhesive members connecting the free ends of the cover members and with the end Walls of the tray, and' a, main @Very to telescope over the saidvtliay. fv l 1n testimony whereof affix signature.

HARRY L. 

